Resources
Search Engines
Most people incorrectly believe that search engines and directories are the same. A search engine uses a program that searches documents (i.e. web pages, which are mostly HTML documents) for specified keywords and returns the list of documents. A search engine has two parts, a spider and an indexer. The spider is the program that fetches the documents, and the indexer reads the documents and creates a catalog or database based on the words or ideas contained in each document.
A directory (such as Yahoo, commonly mistaken for a search engine) depends on people for listings. The main difference between a search engine and a directory is that a directory does not make use of a spider or robot. In other words, a directory will not list your web page if you do not register it with them. Directories are usually divided into categories and you must submit your URL under the most appropriate categories.
Internet Search Tools for Teachers
http://lii.org/ Librarians Index to the Internet. Resources useful to public library users,
evaluated & annotated by librarians. 6,000+ in database.
UC librarians. 15,000+ in database.
http://britannica.com/ Britannica.com. Full-text of Encyclopedia Britannica (72,000+articles) Rated and annotated Web sites and full-text articles from 70+ magazines.
125,000+ in database.
query at the Mamma.com website, Mamma simultaneously queries 10 of the major
Search Engines and properly formats the words and syntax for each source being probed.
Mamma then creates a virtual database, organizes the results into a uniform format and
presents them by relevance and source.
Lycos, Yahoo, Thunderstone, WebCrawler, LookSmart, and About.com.
3 at a time.
http://www.aj.com Ask Jeeves. Answers to 7 million questions from evaluated sites and
searches Alta Vista, Infoseek, WebCrawler, Excite, and About.com. Also Ask Jeeves for
http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo. Topic & region specific submitted Web pages.
Yahooligans for kids. 2 million+ in database.
http://www.google.com Google. Full text of Web pages (150 million).
5,400 print resources (fee based).
RealNames corporate, product finder.
databases: Autoweb, CareerBuilder, Stockpoint, Big Yellow.
Hoover?s Online companies, and Deja.com usenet.
million+ files) and Mp3 Search (500,000+ CD-quality music files).
The Alabama Stock Market Simulation
Contains copies of important historical documents such as the Magna Carta, the Articles of Confederation, Charter of Massachusettes Bay (1649), and many more. If you want to give your students a copy of the original wording of almost any famous historical document, this is the place to get it.
An absolutely awesome resource for K-12 teachers. Covers all subject areas and all grade levels with lesson plans galore. Many printable images (for example, penguins).
Maps that Teach
By using the full range of free maps in Maps that Teach—countries, capitals, monuments, mountain ranges, rivers--students will gain a permanent mental map of the US and of the world. They will have the basis of a life-long knowledge of geography, and a beginning to all the knowledge for which geography is the basis. http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm
Congressional Observer Publications
1750 Sulphur Springs Road
Corvallis, OR 97330-9347
541-745-7110
An electronic publication that provides information on ALL votes that occur in the U. S. House and Senate. An outstanding social studies resource for schools, teachers, and students.
General Education
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
1230 Seventeenth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-3078 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/223-9485
FAX: 202/775-1824
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
555 New Jersey Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/879-4400
Toll-free telephone: 800/238-1133
FAX: 202/879-4545
National Education Association (NEA)
1201 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/833-4000
E-mail: naea@dgs.dgsys.com
U.S. Department of Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-0498 U.S.A.
Toll-free telephone: 1-800-USA-LEARN
E-mail: CustomerService@inet.ed.gov
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) U.S. Department of Education
OERI/NCES
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5574 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/219-1828
National Library of Education
80 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20209-5721 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/219-1692
Toll-free telephone: 800/424-1616
FAX: 202/219-1696
E-mail: Library@inet.ed.gov
Regional Educational Laboratory Network
General Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies
3501 Newark St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016-3167 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/966-7840
FAX: 202/966-2061
E-mail: ncss@ncss.org
National Social Studies Supervisors Association
College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA)
Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4)
Social Science Education Consortium
Box 21270
Boulder, Colorado 80308-4270 U.S.A.
Telephone: 303/492-8154
FAX: 303/449-3925
E-mail: singletl@stripe.colorado.edu
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1248 U.S.A.
Telephone: 313/764-2570
FAX: 313/764-8041
E-mail: netmail@icpsr.umich.edu
Archaeology
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
900 Second Street NE #12
Washington, D.C. 20002-3557
Telephone: 202/789-8200
FAX: 202/789-0284
E-mail: headquarters@saa.org
Art
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
1916 Association Dr.
Reston, Virginia 20191-1590 U.S.A.
Telephone: 703/860-8000
Americans for the Arts
1000 Vermont Avenue NW
12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/371-2830
FAX: 202/371-0424
E-mail: webmaster@artsusa.org
OR
One East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022 U.S.A.
Telephone: 212/223-2787
FAX: 212/980-4857
Getty Education Institute for the Arts
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 600
Los Angeles, California 90049-1683 U.S.A.
Telephone: 310/440-7315
FAX: 310/440-7704
E-mail: artsednet@getty.edu
Civic Education
Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship
4115 Liberal Arts Building
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1442 U.S.A.
Telephone: 765/494-4755
FAX: 765/496-2210
E-mail: lrnelson@omni.cc.purdue.edu
American Bar Association
Division for Public Education
541 N. Fairbanks Court
Chicago, Illinois 60611 U.S.A.
Telephone: 312/988-5735
E-mail: abapubed@abanet.org
Center for Civic Education
5146 Douglas Fir Road
Calabasas, California 91302-1467 U.S.A.
Telephone: 818/591-9321
FAX: 818/591-9330
E-mail: center4civ@aol.com
AND
1785 Massachusets Avenue, NW
Room 325
Washington, D.C. 20036-2117 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/265-0529
FAX: 202/265-0710
E-mail: centereast@aol.com
Close-Up Foundation
44 Canal Center Plaza
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-2167 U.S.A.
Toll-free telephone: 800-CLOSE-UP/TTY: 800-336-2167
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, California 90005 U.S.A.
Telephone: 213/487-5590
FAX: 213/386-0459
E-mail: crf@crf-usa.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
407 S. Dearborn
Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60605 U.S.A.
Telephone: 312/663-9057 and 800/801-9933
FAX: 312/663-4321
E-mail: crfc@crfc.org
Council for Citizenship Education
Russell Sage College
45 Ferry Street
Troy, New York 12180 U.S.A.
Telephone: 518/270-2363
FAX: 518/270-3125
E-mail: schecs@sage.edu
Mershon Center
The Ohio State University
1501 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201-2602 U.S.A.
Telephone: 614/292-1681
FAX: 614/292-2407
E-mail: remy.2@osu.edu
Project LEGAL
Syracuse, New York U.S.A.
Telephone: 888/443-4720
FAX: 315/443-5451
E-mail: jajcarro@mailbox.syr.edu
Street Law, Inc.
918 16th St. NW, # 602
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: 202-293-0088
FAX: 202-293-0089
E-mail: cpeyrone@streetlaw.org
Conflict Resolution/Management
Educators for Social Responsibility/Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
23 Garden Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 U.S.A.
Telephone: 617/492-1764
Current Events
Newspapers in Education (NIE)
Newspaper Association of America Foundation
1921 Gallows Road, Suite 600
Vienna, Virginia 22182 U.S.A.
Telephone: 703/902-1730
FAX: 703/902-1736 or 703/902-1735
E-mail: abboj@naa.org
Economics
National Association of Economic Educators
Foundation for Teaching Economics
260 Russell Boulevard, Suite B
Davis, California 95616-3839 U.S.A.
Telephone: 530/757-4630
FAX: 530/757-4636
E-mail: fte4efl@aol.com
National Council on Economic Education
1140 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036 U.S.A.
Telephone: 212/730-7007 Toll-free: 800/338-1192
FAX: 212/737-1773
E-mail: ncee@eaglobal.org
Geography
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
1710 16th Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-3198 U.S.A.
Telephone: (202) 234-1450
FAX: 202-234-2744
E-mail: gaia@aag.org
American Geographical Society (AGS)
120 Wall Street, Suite 100
New York, New York 10005-3904 U.S.A.
Telephone: 212/422-5456
FAX: 212/422-5480
National Council for Geographic Education
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
16A Leonard Hall
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705 U.S.A.
Telephone: 412/357-6290
FAX: 412/357-7708
E-mail: clmccard@grove.iup.edu
National Geographic Society
1145 17th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/857-7000
FAX: 202/828-6667
E-mail: askngs@nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic Society--Education
American Forum for Global Education
45 John St., Suite 908
New York, New York 10038 U.S.A.
Telephone/FAX: 212/791-4132
E-mail: globaled@igc.org
Center for the Study of Global Change
Indiana University
201 North Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 U.S.A.
Telephone: 812/855-0756
FAX: 812/855-6271
Center for Teaching International Relations
Graduate School of International Studies
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord Street
Denver, Colorado 80208 U.S.A.
Telephone: 303/871-3106
FAX: 303/871-2906
E-mail: mmontgom@du.edu
Choices for the 21st Century Education Project
Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies
P.O. Box 1948
Providence, Rhode Island 02912-1948 U.S.A.
Telephone: 401/863-3155
FAX: 401/863-1247
E-mail: choices@brown.edu
Foreign Policy Association
470 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016-6819 U.S.A.
Telephone: 212/481-8100
FAX: 212/481-9275 or 212/481-9276
E-mail: info@fpa.org
Human Rights USA Resource Center
310 Fourth Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415 U.S.A.
Telephone: 888/HREDUC8
E-mail: hrusa@tc.umn.edu
PIER (Programs in International Educational Resources)
PIER-Yale University
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8206 U.S.A.
Telephone: (203) 432-9349
E-mail: Pier.Resource@quickmail.yale.edu
SPICE (Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education)
Stanford University
Littlefield Center, Room 14C
Stanford, California 94305-5013 U.S.A.
Telephone: 415/723-1114 Toll-free: 800/578-1114
FAX: 415/723-6784
E-mail: spice.sales@forsythe.stanford.edu
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-3006 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/457-1700
History
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
530 Church Street, Suite 600
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-2325 U.S.A.
Telephone: 615/255-2971
FAX: 615/255-2979
E-mail: aaslh@aaslh.org
American Historical Association
400 A St. SE
Washington, D.C. 20003 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/544-2422
FAX: 202/544-8307
E-mail: aha@aha.msu.edu
National Council on Public History
327 Cavanaugh Hall-IUPUI
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5140 U.S.A.
Telephone: 317/274-2716
FAX: 317/274-2347
E-mail: ncph@iupui.edu
National History Education Network
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of History, BH240
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890 U.S.A.
Telephone: 412-268-1143
FAX: 412-268-1019
E-mail: ll1j@andrew.cmu.edu
Organization of American Historians
112 Bryan Street
Bloomington, Indiana, 47408 U.S.A.
Telephone: 812/855-7311
FAX: 812/855-0696
E-mail: oah@oah.indiana.edu
Society for History Education
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California 90840 U.S.A.
Telephone: 310/985-1653
FAX: 310/985-5431
World History Association
P.O. Box 816
Aspen, Colorado 81612 U.S.A.
E-mail: roupp@csn.net
National Center for History in the Schools
UCLA
Department of History
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90095-1473 U.S.A.
FAX: 310/267-2103
E-mail: gnash@ucla.edu
The National Council for History Education
26915 Westwood Road, Suite B-2
Westlake, Ohio 44145 U.S.A.
Telephone: 216/835-1776
FAX: 216/835-1295
E-mail: NCHE19@mail.idt.net
Oral History Association
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013 U.S.A.
Telephone: 717/245-1036
FAX: 717/245-1046
E-mail: oha@dickinson.edu
Multicultural Education
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20008 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/244-2990
FAX: 202/244-3196
E-mail: adc@adc.org
Anti-Defamation League
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017 U.S.A.
E-mail: webmaster@adl.org
Asia Society/AskAsia
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10021-5088 U.S.A.
Telephone: 212/288-6400
FAX: 212/517-8315
AskAsia (for K-12 educators and students )
Telephone: 800/ASK-ASIA
FAX: 888/FAX-ASIA
E-mail: robertas@asiasoc.org
Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATTA)
1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 303
Washington, DC 20009 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/483-9090
FAX: 202/483-9092
E-mail: ataaoffice@aol.com
Association for Asian Studies
1021 East Huron Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 U.S.A.
Telephone: 734/665-2490
FAX: 734/665-3801
AWAIR (Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services)
1865 Euclid Ave., Suite 4
Berkeley, California 94709 U.S.A.
Telephone: 510/704-0517
FAX: 510/704-0741
E-mail: awair@igc.apc.org
Middle East Outreach Council
National Multicultural Institute
3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 438
Washington, D.C. 20008 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/483-0700
FAX: 202/483-5233
E-mail: nmci@nmci.org
Music
International Society for Music Education
ISME International Office
ICRME
University of Reading
Bulmershe Court
Reading, RG6 1HY
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44-118-931 8846
FAX: +44-118-931 8846 or + 44-118-935 2080
E-mail: e.smith@reading.ac.uk
World Wide Web: http://www.isme.org/
Music Educators National Conference
1806 Robert Fulton Dr.
Reston, Virginia 22091 U.S.A.
Telephone: 703/860-4000 Toll-free: 800/336-3768
FAX: 703/860-1531
E-mail: mbmenc@aol.com
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
441 Vine St., Suite 505
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-2814 U.S.A.
Telephone: (513) 421-1420
FAX: (513) 421-2503
E-mail: MTNAadmin@aol.com
American Music Conference (AMC)
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, California 92008 U.S.A.
Telephone: 619/431-9124
FAX: 619/438-7327
E-mail: info@amc-music.com
Political Science
American Political Science Association
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-1206 U.S.A.
Telephone: 202/483-2512
FAX: 202/483-2657
Psychology
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP)
Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
American Psychological Association
Education Directorate
750 First St., N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-4242 U.S.A.
